At least one person has died in the fires. According to The Associated Press, Virginia Pesola, 70, of Santa Paula died Wednesday in a car crash while evacuating, authorities said Saturday. The blazes have destroyed and damaged hundreds of homes and businesses, the AP reported.

The wildfires continued to rage Sunday as the Thomas Fire, in Ventura County, reached 230,000 acres and 10 percent containment. Containment also increased for fires in Los Angeles, Riverside and San Diego counties.

Dec 8, 2017 2:09 PM EST: Officials in the Cleveland National Forest said Friday that they were attempting to douse a fire that burned 8 acres of land on the east side of Interstate 8, between the Sweetwater River and Japaatul Valley Road.

Dec 8, 2017 11:27 AM EST: Firefighters are seeing some progress in their continued battle to douse a half dozen fires in Southern California.

The Creek Fire, in Sylmar, was 40 percent contained by 6 a.m. PST Friday, according to firefighters. The fire scorched 15,323 acres, left at least two people injured and destroyed or damaged dozens of buildings.

The fire was 35 percent contained by 6 a.m. PST Friday. At least one firefighter was injured because of the fire. At least one structure was destroyed, although fire officials warned that nearly 5,500 other structures remained under threat.

Trump sent the help at the request of California Gov. Jerry Brown, who on Thursday asked for a Presidential Emergency Declaration to get "direct federal assistance to supplement the state and local emergency response to the fires burning in Southern California," according to the governor's office.

In recent days Brown has signed emergency proclamations for San Diego, Los Angeles and Ventura counties.